Gordon Ramsay reveals wife Tana ‘wants another’ child to join their family of seven
Gordon, 56, and Tana, 49, are parents to Megan, 25, Jack and Holly, 23, Tilly, 21, and Oscar, four
The Ramsay family could soon be expanding.
Gordon, 56, and wife Tana, 49, are already parents to daughter Megan, 25, twins Jack and Holly, 23, daughter Matilda (“Tilly”), 21, and son Oscar, four.
“I’m going to school for sports day with a f**king walker!” Gordon laughs. “‘Hey, who’s your granddad?’ ‘My dad, actually.’ So I’m not sure how many hip and knee replacements they’ll have by the time they’re 21, but I’m going to try.”
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The Kitchen Nightmares star said Tana is looking to have another child not only because “it’s a fun thing to do,” but also because “she said she doesn’t want Oscar to grow up alone,” Gordon revealed.
“Alone? He goes to school every day and he has four siblings! So, oh my gosh, watch that space
Tana told PEOPLE that she always wanted a big family. “I’m one of four, Gordon is one of four, so it’s second nature to me,” she said.
She added that she’s lucky that her kids are “so cool.” Gordon happily brags about his kids.
“Jack is a Royal Marine commando, protecting the country in some of the harshest conditions,” he said. “Megan is a great police officer. Holly’s gone into fashion. Tilly’s at university getting a degree. Tana and I come from a family of no degrees.”
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And their youngest, Oscar (born three years after Tana suffered a miscarriage at 20 weeks), is “a great kid,” Gordon says. “He’s only 4, but he’s grown up so fast because he has four older siblings.”
As his grown children—who share their dad’s passion for cycling, hiking, and swimming—grew up, Gordon realized the importance of taking the time to listen.
“My job as a dad is to provide solutions to their problems. That’s the most important role of a dad,” he says. “But gosh, it’s hard with five kids, five problems, 25 problems a week, a hundred problems a month—that’s a lot of solutions.” solutions.”
The kids aren’t afraid to tease him, either.
“If they want to tell me I’m wrong or they want to criticize the food, I laugh,” he says. “Last week, Tilly was talking about one of the dishes, and I said, ‘Look, there’s caramelized garlic.’ And she stuck her fork in it and said, ‘Daddy, it’s burnt. Caramel isn’t black. Look it up in the dictionary.’ I was like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ So, yeah… I love it when they test me.”
